Boot from Usb Key

Thu Sep 23 00:05:06 UTC 2004

I have tried spblinux AND syslinux on USB key... If I could somehow
figure out how my bios works with usb keys... I have a dell dimension
4600 and they should have somewhere instructions on how to boot from a
usb key.

On 22 Sep 2004 18:53:39 -0400, Tim Writer <tim-s/rLXaiAEBtBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Henry Spencer <henry-lqW1N6Cllo0sV2N9l4h3zg at public.gmane.org> writes:
> 
> > On 22 Sep 2004, Tim Writer wrote:
> > > I have found that a _lot_ of systems (even some very new ones) won't boot
> > > from USB, even if the BIOS has such an option.  In addition, some boards will
> > > boot other USB devices (floppy, CD-ROM, etc.) but not a key.  This seems to
> > > be a geometry issue which can sometimes be worked around by installing
> > > another mbr...
> >
> > The story I hear -- haven't experimented myself -- is that the BIOS, the
> > MBR, and the filesystem itself all have to mesh perfectly for it to work.
> > Not enough attention was paid to standardizing the details, and the result
> > is a mess, where the probability of everything cooperating properly
> > without expert attention is quite low.
> 
> But don't worry, Microsoft is going to fix this with their new standard. ;-)
> 
>    http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20040916.html
> 
> 
> 
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